Two new species of the emesine assassin bug genus Ploiaria (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Indonesia
Ishikawa Tadashi, Susila Wayan, Okajima Shûji
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 345-359, 2008
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Abstract: Two new species of the emesine reduviid genus Ploiaria Scopoli, 1786, P. stysi
sp. nov. and P. paveli sp. nov., are described from Bali and Flores, Indone-
sia. Ploiaria stysi sp. nov. differs from P. maai Wygodzinsky, 1966, by the male
antennal segments I and II lacking long setae, the procoxa 1.3 times as long
as the pronotum, the anteroventral series of the profemur beginning with two
basal spine-like setae distinctly placed from other spine-like setae, the
parameres not overlapping each other in rest, etc. Ploiaria paveli sp. nov. is
distinguished from P. halosydne Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960, by the body
length more than 12 mm, the anteroventral series of the profemur beginning with
one basal spine-like seta distinctly placed from other spine-like setae, the
metafemur pale in apical part, etc.
Key words: Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, Leistarchini, Ploiaria, new species, Indonesia, Bali, Flores